I've always felt that one of the mistakes people make is that they try to do something that is just slightly beyond their skill set, and then feel th….

And so, Thanksgiving. Its the most amazing holiday. Just think about it — it's a miracle that once a year so many millions of Americans sit down to e….

The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party..

And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands..

[On George W. Bush:] How is it possible that the president is off on vacation and the vice president is, too? Not that it matters that much if the pr….

When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side..

You get to be a certain age and you start reading stuff about the age you are, and you think, what is wrong with these people who are writing these b….

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot s….

The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money..

From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make things up. 2….

I cannot understand any woman's wanting to be the first woman to do anything. ... It is a devastating burden and I could not take it, could not be a ….

I am living in the Google years, no question of that. And there are advantages to it. When you forget something, you can whip out your iPhone and go ….

Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever..

Suddenly, one day, there was this thing called parenting. Parenting was serious. Parenting was fierce. Parenting was solemn. Parenting was a particip….

Food is one of my favourite things. Though I certainly know lots of people who happen to be happily married who don't have food play the role in it t….

I married him against all evidence. I married him believing that marriage doesn't work, that love dies, that passion fades, and in so doing I became ….

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive..

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine..

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind..

Vera said: 'Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?' So I told her why: Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because….

My closet is full of sad little scripts that didn't get made that have sad endings. It's very hard to get a movie made that has a sad ending..